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Illinois Attorney General Backs Sheriff's Eviction Moratorium
Produced by Mike Rhee on Friday, October 10, 2008
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Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan says the Cook County Sheriff is upholding state law with his moratorium on evictions.
Sheriff Tom Dart made national news this week when he announced his deputies would stop evicting people from their homes. The sheriff says many of the people were renters who had no idea their buildings were in foreclosure. Attorney General Madigan says Illinois law requires a tenant get 120 days notice of eviction. She says the sheriff is helping enforce that. Madigan also says Dart is working with the county courts to insure the process takes place.
MADIGAN: People will be required to get the legal notice that they should've gotten before they were thrown out of their homes. It's a good thing that the sheriff is going to work to follow the law.
The only legal challenge so far against Sheriff Dart now has been withdrawn by the lending company. The sheriff's office did not immediately return a call for comment.
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